When you hear the name James Cameron , your brain likely goes straight to the Terminator’s liquid metal, the blue glow of Avatar’s Pandora, or a certain unsinkable ship. But nestled between Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009) is a gritty, Y2K-era time capsule that deserves a second look: Dark Angel .

Created by Cameron and his then-partner Charles H. Eglee, Dark Angel hit Fox in 2000. And while it was a hit (launching Jessica Alba into superstardom), it feels like the "lost" Cameron project—a raw, street-level pilot for the cyberpunk dystopia we are actually living in now.

You hate cliffhangers, or you can’t stomach the fashion of the Y2K era (those pants are loud ).